FORT PIERRE, (KCCR) — The Fort Pierre Volunteer Fire Department was one of a half dozen or so organizations that pitched numbers at the Fort Pierre City Council Monday night. The Council heard budget subsidy requests from non-profit agencies in Pierre and Fort Pierre. Chief Justin Jones says one request is to go bigger and better on the 4th of July…
Jones is also requesting money for operations and capital outlay…
Jones says the Capital Outlay funding will go toward buildings and equipment…
Assistant Chief Tye Odden told the Council the Department needs approximately 400-thousand dollars worth of new S-C-B-A’s or air packs and is cannibalizing air packs to make others work properly.
